Tecmo World Cup Soccer is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in 1990 by Tecmo, as its name suggests it is a soccer game focusing on the World Cup. It is a port of Tehkan World Cup, released on arcades in 1985.
| Tecmo World Cup Soccer | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tecmo |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player and two-player |
Although the two games appear virtually identical, Tecmo World Cup Soccer lacks some of the speed and fluidity of its arcade progenitor. While the gameplay is ostensibly unchanged, the lack of support for analog control in the NES version renders it a digital-control-only game that requires almost completely different tactics.
Tecmo World Cup Soccer is not to be confused with Nintendo World Cup (released the same year),[2] nor Tecmo Cup Soccer Game (known as Captain Tsubasa in Japan).[3]
World Cup Teams edit
The national teams in Tecmo World Cup Soccer are as follows (in order, they are available to choose in game "Team Select" menu):
Brazil
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Argentina
Soviet Union
Uruguay
Poland
Switzerland
Albania
England
Venezuela
Spain
Portugal
Colombia
Scotland
Paraguay
Romania
Bolivia
Iceland
Peru
France
Georgia
Ecuador
Republic of Ireland
Sweden
Chile
Canada
United States
Mexico
Jamaica
Panama
Haiti
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago
South Korea
Iran
Japan
United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan
Thailand
Kuwait
Bahrain
North Korea
Iraq
Jordan
Qatar
Syria
China
Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia
Cameroon
Morocco
Nigeria
Liberia
Ghana
Kenya
Ivory Coast
Algeria
South Africa
Tunisia
Mali
Angola
Togo
Egypt
Malawi
Guinea
Similarities to Tehkan World Cup edit
Tecmo World Cup Soccer, released five years after its arcade ancestor, is a mostly faithful conversion of Tehkan World Cup squeezed with some concessions into the smaller NES hardware. These are the main similarities between both games:
- The same musical score (albeit adapted to the NES sound hardware)
- Nearly identical gameplay (although significantly hampered by the absence of analog control)
- Almost identical graphics (partially simplified and slowed down)
Differences to Tehkan World Cup edit
As Tehkan World Cup utilized two processors for gameplay and four processors for sound, certain concessions were made to playability on the NES. While the gameplay and graphics remained largely unaltered, certain features were omitted. In recognition of its new home system format, some arcade elements such as the instant knockout, were abandoned in order to provide greater longevity. A partial list of differences includes:
- A choice of teams is now available
- Competition format
- Game lengths
- On-screen "scoreboard" (includes large font game clock and score) omitted
- Field radar showing player positions omitted
- The "grass" had a simpler, more unified texture
- Players do not celebrate during the goal sequence
- The goal net is shown to bulge upon receipt of the ball
- Slide tackles can be initiated by the player
- The ball could bounce after a high kick
- The ball rebounds from the net and goalposts in a slightly different manner
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Tecmo World Cup Soccer".
- ^ "World Cup Soccer".
- ^ "Captain Tsubasa". 27 October 2006.